Part Six. Alan Parley aka Hostage, is often considered as Scotland’s most prolific and exported Producer. (a kind of ‘Rave’ Irn Bru if you like) Whether it’s the full on Hysteria of his original productions or the myriad of high quality remixes,  Hostage’s tunes span a wide spectrum of musical styles with devastating dancefloor accuracy, guaranteed to keep the bass hungry masses coming back for more. So don your Reebok pumps and dust down your most garish Bill Cosby Sweater for Hostage’s Five Songs You Must Hear This Week:

“5 Noises that have been regularly in my ears”

The Monster Orchestra – Hangin’ Out

Disco beauty from 1981, sampled in my recent track ‘Hangin’.

DJ SS – Ligher

Nostalgic jungle rinse out. Also pillaged. Always in my life for some reason.

N.W.A. – Gangster Gangster

Biggest bad-ass tune in the world. I actually have a NWA Poster up in my kitchen, just above the bins. Yeah, Ruthless, Ruthless…

Spencer & Hill – Cool (Afrojack Remix)

This tickled my electro-chin much more than anything else recently. The drop makes me think of chicken-heading pigeons! Nonsense? “But I do known this…” : Incredibly funky.

Together – Hardcore Uproar (Lee Mortimer Mix)

Enjoyably Stiltony hands in the air workout…..Quality rework of seminal Mancunian duo’s beepy piano anthem. Regularly causing pee-leakage on fun dancefloors. There’s
also a very different ‘Balaeric’ mix by Grum out too.

Hostage is currently on tour in Australia and releases his new EP ‘Valhalla’ in November on the Nightshifters label.

http://myspace.com/alanhostage

http://www.nightshifterslabel.com